"At a certain point, I've just concluded that, for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," Obama said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts.

Pastor Mark Boykin of Church of all Nations in Boca Raton said this move was politically motivated.

"He does not or did not have a position on this issue until this week?" Boykin said. "I just find that to be disingenuous from our president."

Julie Seaver of Compass, a local gay and lesbian rights support organization, said she agrees that the president faced political pressure.

"Of course it's a political move," Seaver said. "But, in all actuality, it was made a political move by the opposition who have put these discriminative initiatives on the ballot in the first place."Seaver said this announcement was a pleasant surprise, one she and her organization have been waiting for.

"I do think that it is very generational," Seaver said. "There's many seniors in the community that have been waiting to hear this historical statement for a very long time. In the end, I think that it gives young Americans hope."

Boykin said voters have said how they really feel, time and time again.

"Certainly, it has been proven over and over again at the ballot box that most Americans don't agree with him there, that it's not just a generational thing," Boykin said.